Washing-machine



(No Model.)

W. R. OHISHAM & s. E. ABBOTT.

WASHING MACHINE.

No. 477,646. Patented June 28, 1892.

M 2, 7 a M UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM R. OHISHAM AND SAMUEL E. ABBOTT, OF HANNIBAL, MISSDURI.

WASHING- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 477,646, dated June 28, 1892..

Serial No. 396,001. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, WILLIAM R. (has HAM and SAMUEL E. ABBOTT, citizens of the United States, residing at Hannibal, in the county of Marion and State of Missouri, have invented a new and useful Washing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to improvements in washing-machines.

The object of the present invention is to simplify and improve the construction of washing-machines and to increase their durability and to enable clothes to be thoroughly cleaned without injuring the fabrics.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended.

In the drawings, Figure l is a perspective view of a washing-1nachine constructed in accordance with this invention. longitudinal sectional view. verse sectional view.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, 1 designates a washing-machine body consist ing of sides 2, having their lower edges convexly curved at the ends of the body and concavely curved at the middle, and a sheetmetal bottom 3, secured to the sides 2, which are preferably constructed of wood, and the sheet-metal bottom 3 conforms to the configuration of the sides and is convex at the ends of the body and concave at the middle there of and is extended upward to form ends 4. The body is mounted 011 rockers5 and is provided with a removable cover 6, which rests upon cleats 7, secured to the inner faces of the sides 2, and has its ends arranged adjacent to cross-bars 8. The sides 2 of the body are connected by rods 9, which are arranged at the ends of the body and at an intermediate point and adjacent the sheet-metal bottom, and they serve to brace and support the body and also to agitate the Water employed and to direct the same against clothes. By this construction and arrangement when the body is rocked water is forced through the clothes Fig. 2 is a Fig. 3 is a transand thoroughly cleans them, and the action is similar to that when clothes are washed by hand.

The rockers 5 are constructed of tubular metal, preferably piping, and are secured to the outer faces of the sides and are extended at one end of the machine to form handlebars 10, and the outer ends of the handlebars are connected by a handle 11. The tubular rockers are secured to the sides of the body by suitable clips and are strong and durable and enable the body to be easily rocked.

When it is desired to move the machine from one position to another, adjustable rollers 12 are lowered below the plane of the rockers and are brought in contact with the floor or supporting-surface, and the washingmachine can be readily moved. The rollers 12 are secured to the lower ends of standards 13, which are provided with perforations 14,- and are arranged in sockets 15 of plates 16, and the standards are secured to the socketplates by pins 17, adapted to engage the perforations of the standards, and the perforations are arranged so as to hold the standards withdrawn and extended.

It will be seen that the Washing-machine is simple and comparatively inexpensive in construction and is capable of being readily operated withoutliability of damaging clothes.

'WVater is heated within the body of the washing-machine by means of a burner 18, which is suitably secured to the body and extends beneath the sheet-metal bottom thereof, and has its reservoir 19 arranged at one side of the body.

What we claim is-- 1. In a Washing-machine, the combination of the body comprising the sides having their lower edges convexly curved at the ends and concavely curved at the middle and the sheetmetal bottom secured to the edges of the sides and conforming to the configuration of the same and being convexly curved at the ends and concavely curved at the middle, the rockers secured to and supporting the body, the reservoir located on one side of the body, and the burners arranged beneath the bottom and communicating with the reser- In testimony that we claim the foregoing as [o voir, substantially as described. our own We have hereto affixed our signa- 2. The combination of the body, the rocktures in presence of two Witnesses. ers supporting the body, the plates secured WILLIAM R CHISHAM to the body and provided with sockets, the

standards adjustably secured in the sockets, SAMUEL ABBOTT and the rollers arranged at the lower ends of Witnesses:

the standards and adapted to be adjusted be- ADAM THEIs,

low the rockers, substantially as described. P. TUCKER. 

